Soap Star to Primetime TV Star: Sarah Joy Brown

If you are a fan of soap operas than you have mostly likely heard the name Sarah Joy Brown. Sarah Brown is most known for her portrayal of Carly on ABC’s General Hospital. This role allowed her to get her foot in the door of the acting world and allow her to develop a large and devoted fan base.

As an avid General Hospital watcher, I am well aware of the acting skills of Sarah Brown. She started on General Hospital in a lead role from 1996 to 2001. This stint also landed her four Daytime Emmy nominations and three wins. This is quite an accomplishment for a fairly new and young actress. She later left General Hospital after a successful run to peruse other career options.

General Hospital fans were devastated; however, many were anticipating the great things to come for her. The character of Carly has since been recasted three times since Sarah Brown left and viewers cannot help but size up the replacements with one of their favorite actresses, which is a story all of it’s own.

After Sarah Brown left General Hospital, she was constantly doing guest appearances on many of the popular network television shows. Sarah Brown would later make a brief return to Daytime, but she before she did she started in a USA movie. The movie was The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story. She portrayed one of Laci’s close friends.

From 2004 to 2005 Sarah Brown stared as Julia Larrabee on CBS’s As the World Turns. To be honest, I never used to watch As the World Turns; however, when I heard that she had landed a role on the show I decided to watch. The character of Julia Larrabee entered the screen by becoming involved with an married character on the show who had lost his memory. It was later discovered that Julia knew who her then husband was, but continued to keep the secret from him and his family.

After her husband regained his memory and was reunited with his family, the character set her sights on another married man in town. For most soap watchers, this is the character that you love to hate. Throughout most of the time that Sarah Brown was on As the World Turns the internet was filled with chatter of the dislike for her character, but most fans agreed that her acting was amazing.

Sarah Brown’s character on As the World Turns was eventually killed off the show; and many fans wondered what was next for the actress. Sarah Brown later landed a role on CBS’s crime drama Cold Case. Cold Case is a show that involves detectives who reexamine and try to solve old cases. Sarah Brown plays Josie Sutton.

Since this season of Cold Case just started, her acting skills have not fully been put to use; however, as the season progresses hopefully so will the character of Josie Sutton. Once again, I am watching a show that I never watched before. I find it amazing how you can become addicted to show just by following an actor or actress that you enjoy watching onscreen.

Sarah Brown also landed a role in the sequel to a popular comedy movie. She will star in Big Momma’s House 2, which is rumored to be currently filming. Sarah Joy Brown is becoming one of the many successful stars that daytime soaps have help nudge into the industry.